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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: gao seng who wrote (4871)	5/11/2000 9:47:00 PM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9127

I give the Miami relatives more credibility than Juan. They say that Juan wants Elian to stay in the U.S. Of course, juan can not say that publicly. That would be nice. But I haven't read anything that would indicate that Juan Miguel has ever tried or even seriously considered leaving Cuba. That may be why his relatives began to vilify him - saying he beat his first wife and Elian, etc. They apparently tried bribing him and that didn't work, so they attacked his character. I never could understand the Miami relatives' schzoid statements about J.M. - one day he's a horrible husband and father, the next day, "this is a family matter, let's all sit down together and work it out." Yeah right, but first let's run the gauntlet of the entire screaming Cuban exile community in front of the Gonzalez house. J.M. could a "hostage to Castro", threatened by danger to his parents/inlaws, or he could feel that he just doesn't want to separate his son from his grandparents. He could also feel like some of the Russians in the Soviet Union who, when they had the chance for a exit visa, couldn't bring themselves to use it, knowing they would probably never be able to return. For all the lousy living conditions, it was home. Reno gave the Miami relatives custody AFTER Castro and juan announced they wanted Elian back. Nov. 26, 1999 -- Elian leaves the hospital; is released to great-uncle Lazaro Gonzalez under a temporary custody arrangement granted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Nov. 27, 1999 -- Juan Miguel Gonzalez demands his son's return to Cuba. Implications of sending Elian back are that parents have absolute rights over their kids. No, the right being tested is the right of the parent to choose where he wants to live, with his minor children, even if it's a horrible place to us. (As others have pointed out, there are a lot of "horrible places to live" that the US routinely ships people back to.)